2 verbatim requirements on discovery in NINA W. DI PIETRO's division.
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Unlock free →When an e-filed Motion to Compel alleges a complete failure to respond or object to discovery, and there has been no request for extension, an ex parte order may be entered requiring compliance with the original discovery demand within ten (10) days of the signing of the order. The movant may submit a proposed e- order through CMS. The form of the order that must be used is attached to these procedures. Do not add any additional language to this form order (i.e. waiver of privilege, etc.).
Reviewer note: Document sha256: 1c6b008834297e1d851e61c0494bd64bcbd00befa4703a9656c49f4f44b09206. Corpus topic: DISCOVERY. Published during the completeness pass — the audit found 2,753 verbatim requirements against 123 published rules.
Every party setting a hearing in Division AO must first confer in a good-faith effort to resolve the matter, and every hearing notice must include a certificate of that conferral. The division instructions state that conferral requires counsel to actually talk.
Under the 2025 case-management amendments, a movant must confer with the opposing party in a good-faith effort to resolve a nondispositive motion before filing it, and must include a certificate of conferral.
CV-E layers a second conferral on top of Rule 1.202: certify conferral before filing the motion (Exhibit A) and again before scheduling it for hearing (Exhibit B).